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Medieval reliquaries.. Chromolithograph from Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Altenecks Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889
Harold Swears FealtyHarold, earl of Wessex, touching holy reliquaries with either hand, swears fealty (allegiance) to Guillaume, duc de Normandie, later William I of England
Norman Conquest 6 of 16Conan surrenders : Harold is knighted by William; they ride together to Bayeux where Harold, touching reliquaries, swears fealty to William, then he returns to England